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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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