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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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