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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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