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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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