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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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