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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers 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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