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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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