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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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