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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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