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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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