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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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