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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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