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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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