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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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