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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that 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 organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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