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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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