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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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