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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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