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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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