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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning 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 teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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