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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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