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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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