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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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