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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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