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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle 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 organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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