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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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