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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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