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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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