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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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