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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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