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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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