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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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