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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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