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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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