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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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