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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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