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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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