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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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