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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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