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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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