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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. 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 quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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