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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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