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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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