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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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