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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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