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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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