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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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