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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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