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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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