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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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