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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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