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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models 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 electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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