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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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