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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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