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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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