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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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