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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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