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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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