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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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