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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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