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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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