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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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