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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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