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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes 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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