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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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