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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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