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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major 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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