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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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