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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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