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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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