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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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