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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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