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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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