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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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