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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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