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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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