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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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