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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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