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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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