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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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