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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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