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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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