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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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