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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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