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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. 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 instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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