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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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