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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning 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 we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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