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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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