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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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