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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major 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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