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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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