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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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