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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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