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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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