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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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