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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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