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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever 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. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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