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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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