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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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