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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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