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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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