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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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