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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major 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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