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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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