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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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