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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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