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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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