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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning 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 institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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