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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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