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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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