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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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