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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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