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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing 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 schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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