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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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