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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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