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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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