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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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