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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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