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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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