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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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