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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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