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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important 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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