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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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