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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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