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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. 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 improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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