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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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