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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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