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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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