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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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