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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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