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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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