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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing 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 schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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