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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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