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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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