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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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