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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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