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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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