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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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