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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning 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 stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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