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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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