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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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