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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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