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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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