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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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