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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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