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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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