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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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