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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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