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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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