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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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