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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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