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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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