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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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