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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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