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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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