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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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