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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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