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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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