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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-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 participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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