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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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