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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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