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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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