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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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