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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major 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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