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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic 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 book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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