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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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