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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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