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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the 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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