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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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