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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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