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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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