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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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