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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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