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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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