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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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