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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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