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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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