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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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