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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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