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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources