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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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