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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of 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 more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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