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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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