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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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