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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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