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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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