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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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