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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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