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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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