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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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