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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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