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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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