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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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