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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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