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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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