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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates 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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