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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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