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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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