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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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