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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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