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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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