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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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