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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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