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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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