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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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