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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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