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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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