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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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