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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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