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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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