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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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