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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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