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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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