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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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