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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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