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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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