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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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