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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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