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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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