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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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