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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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