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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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