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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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