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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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