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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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