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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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