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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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