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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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