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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-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 organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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