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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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