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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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