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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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