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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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