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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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