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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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