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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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