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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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