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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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