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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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