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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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