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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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