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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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