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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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