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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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