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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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