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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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