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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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