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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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