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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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