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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. 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 massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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