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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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