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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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