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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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