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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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