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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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