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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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