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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key 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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