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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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