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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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