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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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