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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education 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 organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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