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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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