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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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