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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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