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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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