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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider 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 organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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