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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal 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 educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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