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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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