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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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