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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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