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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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