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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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