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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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