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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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