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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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