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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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