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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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