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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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