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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key 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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