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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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