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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the 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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