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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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