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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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