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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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