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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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