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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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