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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire 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. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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