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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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