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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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