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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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