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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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