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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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