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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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