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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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