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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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