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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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