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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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