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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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