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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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