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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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