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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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