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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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