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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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