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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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