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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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