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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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