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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about 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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