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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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