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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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