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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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