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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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