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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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