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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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