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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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