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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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