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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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