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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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