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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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