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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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