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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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