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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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