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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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