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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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