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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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