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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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