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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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