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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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