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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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