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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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