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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology 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 we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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