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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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