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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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