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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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