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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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