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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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