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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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