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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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