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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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