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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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