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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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