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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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