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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices 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 developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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