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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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