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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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