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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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