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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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