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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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