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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational 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 enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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