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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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