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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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