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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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