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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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