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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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