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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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