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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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