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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want 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. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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