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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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