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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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