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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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