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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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