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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important 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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