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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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