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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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