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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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