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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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