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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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