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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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