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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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