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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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