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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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