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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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