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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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