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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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