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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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