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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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