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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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