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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving 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 guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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