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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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