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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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