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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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