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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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