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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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