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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. 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 quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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