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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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