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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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