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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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