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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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