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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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