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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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