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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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