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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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