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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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