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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses 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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