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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting 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 gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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