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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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