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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically 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 a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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