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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education 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 institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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