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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews 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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