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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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