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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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