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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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