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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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