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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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