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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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