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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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