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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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