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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University 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 low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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