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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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