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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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