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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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