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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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