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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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