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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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