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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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