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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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