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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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