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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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