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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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