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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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