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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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