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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important 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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