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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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