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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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