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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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