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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that online 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 stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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