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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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