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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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