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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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