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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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