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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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