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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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