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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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