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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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