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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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