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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews 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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