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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the amazing new 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 reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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