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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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