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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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