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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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