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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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