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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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