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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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