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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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