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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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