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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes 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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