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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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