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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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