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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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