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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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