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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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