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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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