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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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