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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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