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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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