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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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