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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. 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 made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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