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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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