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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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