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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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