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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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