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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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