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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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