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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education 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 we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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