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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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