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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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