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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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