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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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