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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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