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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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