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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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