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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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