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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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