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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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