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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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