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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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