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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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