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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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