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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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