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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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