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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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