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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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