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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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