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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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