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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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