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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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