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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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