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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance 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 teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)