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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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