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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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