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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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