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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the sensational 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 stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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