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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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