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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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