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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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