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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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