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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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