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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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