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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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