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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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