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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the 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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