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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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