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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the key 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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