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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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