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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning 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 stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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