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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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