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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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