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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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