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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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