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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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