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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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