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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology 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 institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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