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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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